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Durham native John Quincy Adams \"Bud\" Barbee grew up to play in the segregated Negro Baseball Leagues in the 1930s and 1940s. He played in a number to top Negro League teams, including the 1937 New York Black Yankees. He had a sensational career as a batter and pitcher and his career tells the story of segregated baseball in the Raleigh Triangle. He was born in Durham March 16, 1914 and died January 20, 2000. He was given a military funeral in the city's Glennview Memorial Park. His grave lies unmarked but can still be visited.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 16, April 2014,
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The Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology was founded by Drs. J.B. and Louisa Rhine and others in Durham in 1927. It later moved to Duke University in 1935. When Dr. Rhine retired in 1965, he had to decide whether to leave the Institute at Duke or take it with him. He decided on the latter. The work of the institute is now carried on by Rhine's daughter, 88-year-old Dr. Sally Rhine Feather and executive director John Kruth.
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Vitiello discusses the work of nationally known Durham artist Stacy Lynn Waddell. Waddell from Franklin County studied at NC State's College of Design and earned an MFA in studio art at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007. Among her tools are branding irons, watercolors, gold leaf, and other items.
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In NC teenagers who commit murder receive a mandatory life sentence. However, in 2012 the US Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that juveniles may no longer receive automatic life sentences. "Instead they must receive individualized sentencing hearings. The ruling did not abolish life without parole; it abolished mandatory life without parole." The NC Supreme Court will hear cases in the coming weeks "to determine whether trial judges must retroactively consider the sentences of juvenile offenders." Tucker discusses how the Court's ruling may affect past offenders.
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Duke Energy has stated that it will pay for the coal ash spill into the Dan River at its site in Eden. However, its president and CEO have indicated that they expect consumers to pay for the cleanup of the other coal ash sites around the state which means that electric rates will rise. The price tag for this is between $2 and $10 billion. A concern is that many regulators who have the responsibility of answering that question of who pays have ties to the utility industry.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 18, Apr 2014,
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When Walnut Creek Amphitheater opened in July 1991, it was the state's largest outdoor concert facility, costing $13.5 million to build and seating 20,000. Its peak year for attendance was 1994 when it attracted over 500,000 visitors. However, attendance has dwindled over the years. With the facility now hosting few shows and containing 310 acres of marketable land, the question is--should Raleigh sell the amphitheater?
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Chatham Park is a development project for eastern Chatham County and is intended to be a mix-use project. In June the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to approve the park. The project, which at 7,500 acres, is thought to be the largest development plan in the state's history, has not been without opposition. When completed, the population of Pittsboro will rise from a current 4,000 to 60,000 by 2050.
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Elizabeth Sims is currently director of marketing for Tupelo Honey Cafe and also co-author of "Tupelo Honey Cafe: Spirited Recipes From Asheville's New South Kitchen" along with Executive Chef Brian Sonoskus. The restaurant is an iconic Asheville. In recent years, the eatery has opened several other locations, including Charlotte, Chattanooga, and Knoxville. In October a new one will open in Raleigh.
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22267
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Porter seeks to answer the question "Why are we using the lottery to raise teacher pay?" The NC House has passed its version of the budget, a $21.1 billion proposal that includes raising teacher pay through lottery proceeds. The NC Senate is doubtful.
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22268
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Erik Lars Myers is the founder and CEO of Mystery Brewing Company in Hillsborough. He discusses the business of brewing beer with Barbera.
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22306
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In June, NC Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation that lifted the state's moratorium on fracking. Soon Crimson Holdings Corporation, located in Pittsburgh, began offering leases to buy mineral rights from Durham landowners, especially ones like Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, which owns 340 acres and four public nature preserves in Durham. Crimson's agent has not registered with state officials; therefore, he could be breaking the law.
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The Ku Klux Klan of the 1960s, which was alive and well in North Carolina and has been documented in a new film 'Klansville U.S.A.' by UNC- Chapel Hill graduate Callie T. Wiser, bears a striking similarity to the Tea Party faction of today's Republican Party.
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Citing police and prosecutor misconduct, attorneys Theresa Newman and Jamie Lau of the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic may be able to vindicate Derrick McRae, a mentally-ill black man, of a murder committed in Rockingham, NC in 1995.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 1, January 2015,
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North Carolina bluegrass icon Tommy Edwards and bluegrass newcomer Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange frequently team up to collaborate, especially at the North Carolina Museum of History as part of PineCone's Music of the Carolinas series.
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As city officials plan to develop a vibrant, residential downtown, many critics express concern that Raleigh will lose its character to high-rises and uniform buildings. The new plan intends to respond to the demand for more housing and to provide a public transit system, but urban development comes with a price.
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